Salix, part of Bausch Health, sells a drug for use against OIC
Salix PharmaceuBausch Healthting a new date in the disease awareness calendar. Working with two nonprofits, the drugmaker has declared Dec. 5 Opioid-Induced Constipation (OIC) Awareness Day to try to tackle the stigma and silence surrounding this condition.
Salix Pharmaceuticalsd the two nonprofits, the U.S. Pain Foundation and the International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders, 40% to 80Opioid-Induced Constipation (OIC)r chronic pain may experience OIC. Yet, many people suffer in silence. A 2014 survey found 37% of patients with chronic non-cancer pain and OIC didn’t discuss their symptoms with healthcare professionals.
Establishing OIC Awareness Day, which is taking place in Constipation Awareness Month, is intended to end the silence and help more people to receive relief for a side effect of opioids. As the OIC Awareness DSalixbsite explBausch Healthatives are meant to treat occasional constipation. Prescription peripherally acting mu-opioid receptor antagonists (PAMORAs) are FDA-approved to help manage OIC.
Relistor is one of the PAMORAs that compete for the OIC mConstipationtik, which AstraZeneca brought to market but then offloaded, and Symproic, which has ended up at Collegium Pharmaceutical after a series of deals, are also approved in the setting. The awareness day websitconstipationed. Salix, which was an early user mu-opioid receptortipation marketing, is teaming with influencers to share information.
The awareness drive could ultimately benefit Relistor. Bausch idMovantik the druAstraZenecaer of the 13% growth Salix reported in the third quarter. Sales of the consCollegium Pharmaceutical28% year on year, in part because of a 10% increase in total scripts. The growth rate represents a sSalix slowdown compared to the explosive firsconstipation23, when Salix posted increases in Relistor sales of 29% and 42%.